avgas
UK/ˈævˌɡæs/
avgas noun: gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft.
Noun
avgas (countable and uncountable, plural avgases or avgasses)
- Gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft.
- Cylinder cracks are nothing new, however, and there is no reason to expect autogas-burning engines to have a higher incidence of head cracking than avgas-users1988, Kas Thomas, Fuel and oil systems: basic and advanced light plane maintenance
- In the area of autogas volatility, a Reid vapor pressure of 9.0 to 15 is very common, compared to the vapor pressure of avgas, which is 5.5 to 71994, Michael J. Kroes with Thomas W. Wild, Aircraft powerplants
- Synonyms:
- 100LL, 94UL
avgas meaning in Tamil
avgas in Tamil
- வானூர்தி எரிபொருள்
Synonyms of avgas
- 100LL
- 94UL
Forms of avgas
| plural | avgases |
|---|---|
| plural | avgasses |
| alternative form | av-gas |
Origin of avgas
A blend of aviation + gasoline.
Questions about avgas
- What does avgas mean?
- Avgas means gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft.
- What is avgas in Tamil?
- Avgas in Tamil is வானூர்தி எரிபொருள். See Avgas meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is avgas?
- Avgas is a noun.
- How do you pronounce avgas?
- Avgas is pronounced /ˈævˌɡæs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of avgas?
- The plural of avgas is avgases.
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